Clothes-line-supporting device.



J. LUTZ.

CLOTHES LINE SUPPORTING DEVICE.-

APPLICATION HLED JAN. 3, I917- Patented June/19, 1917.

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J OHN LUTZ, OF JERSEY'CITY, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOB 0,15 ONE-THIRD TO J OHN I I. BEST, OF GALVA, ILLINOIS.

CLOTHES-LINE-SUPPORTING DEVICE.

Application filed January 3, 1917.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J OI-IN LU'rZ, a citizen of the United States, and residing at Jersey City, in the county of Hudson and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Clothes-Line-Sup porting Devices, of which the following is a specification, such as will enable those skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to clothesline supports, and particularly to supports for endless lines used in connection with a window frame and with a supplemental support at a distance from the window, that part of the support connected with the window or window frame and that part of the support at a distance from the window being each provided with a pulley, and the object of the invention is to provide an improved device or devices of this class. which are simple in construction and operation and which may be conveniently manipulated in the operation of suspending articles to be dried from the line and removing said articles from said line when dried;- a further object'being tov provide means whereby that part of the line support connected with the-window frame may be swung into and adjusted into difierent positions; and with these and other objects in view the invention consists in 'a de-' vice or apparatus of the class specified constructed and operating as hereinafter de scribed.

The invention is. fully disclosed in the following specification, of which the acompanying drawing forms a part, inwhich the separate parts of my improvement are designated by suitable reference characters in each of the views, and in -which.

Figure 1 is a sectional plan view showing the means of mounting my improved de vice in a window frame;

Fig. 2 a transverse section on the line 22 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 a partial section on the line 33 of Fig. 1 and showing parts of the construction in a different position, and on an enlarged scale; and,

Fig. 4 a section on the line 4l-4 of Fig. 3 with parts of the construction in a different position.

In Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawing I have indicated at a the window frame of'a window comprising a sill a? and side members a and Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 19, 1917,.

Serial No. 140,365.

a, and mounted in said frame are the usual top and bottom sashes 7) and 6 In the practice of my invention, I secure to the outer portion of the side frame member a below the bottom of the top sash, a plate 0 provided with a plurality of angular apertures 0 and secured to the frame member a in the same horizontal plane as the plate 0 is a pivot plate (Z, the outer end of which is forked to receive a bar 0 angular in cross section as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, said bar being provided in one end portion thereof with a plurality of vertical apertures c in connection with which a .pin 6Z2 operates said pin being mounted in the forked end of the pivot plate (1, as clearly shown in Fig. l of the drawing, and by means of this construction said'bar is adjustable in said plate cl.

The other end of the bar 6 is adapted to fit in either of the apertures c in the plate 0, whereby said'bar may be arranged at an angle to the window as clearly shown in Fig. 1.

Adjustably mounted on the bar c is a U- shaped block f and passed through the parts f and f? thereof are set screws whereby said block may be locked in any desired position of adjustment on said bar. The part 7 of the U-shaped block 7 is provided with a circular countersunk recess f adapted to receive the head it of a pin 7&2 which is mounted in the part 7? of said block, said part being provided with an aperture 7' inwardly of which is an enlarged annular recess 7 adapted to receive the head it of the pin 72/ Mounted in the U-shaped block between the parts 7 and f is an. arm 2' one end of which is, provided with a circular aperture 71 through which the bar 6 passes, said aperture being large enough tov permit of the rotation of said arm thereon, and secured to the other end portion of the arm 2' is a bracket. 2' in which is mounted a rotatable pulley i around which passes an endless line which, when the arm is in the position shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 4 of the drawing. passes through an aperture 7" in the top of the block f as clearly shown in Fig. 4, and below said block as shown at f in said figure.

The part f of the block f is provided with an upwardly directed hook-shaped member f forming a recess 7 in which the lower part of the line j is adapted to be placed when the arm 2' is swung downwardly into the position indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 2, and in full lines in Fig. 3 to keep the tension on the line 7' as will be readily under-. stood.

The operation of my improvement will be 'readily understood from the foregoing description when taken in connection with the accompanying drawing and the following statement.

As above stated, the block f is first adjusted on the bar 6 to the desired position and secured therein by the screws 9, and assuming that the arm 1 is in the position shown in Figs. 1 and 2, in which position of said arm the pin k is in the position shown in Fig. 4: of the drawing, in which the arm i bears on said pin and is supported by said pin, and as will be readily understood the endless line j is manipulated from within the window to apply clothes thereon and move them outwardly of said window, and after the line is filled, or the desired articles have been placed thereon, the bottom portion of the line 9 is passed over, or placed in, the recess 7 in the hook-shaped member f after which the arm 2' is raised to a slight eX- tent, after which the pin lt -is moved from the full line position to the dotted line position shown in Fig. 4, and the arm 11 is dropped into the position indicated in Figs. 2 and 3.

It will be understood that when it is not desired to use the line j and a slack is desired in the same, the lower part of the line j is not passed over the hook-shaped member 7", and when said arm is moved into the position shown in dotted lines the lower part of said line will extend from the pulley on said arm to the pulley on the other support direct.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. A clothesline supporting device for windows, comprising supporting plates adapted to be secured to the frame of the window, one of said plates being provided with a plurality of apertures, a bar adapted to be mounted in one of said apertures and to be adjustably connected with the other of said plates, a block adjustably mounted on said bar, means for locking said block in any desired position of adjustment, an arm movably mounted in said block, and means in said block for locking said arm in diflerent positions.

2. In a clothesline support for windows, a bar adapted to be adjustably connected with both sides of the window frame, a member .adjustably mounted on said bar, and an arm mounted in connection with said member and adapted to swing in a plane at right angles to said bar and provided with a pulley.

3. In a clothesline support for windows, a bar mounted in connection with said window and adjustable at right angles thereto, a member adjustably mounted on said bar, an arm movably mounted in said member, and means in said member for locking said arm in different positions.

4:. In a clothesline supporting device for windows, a bar mounted in connection with said window and adjustable at right angles thereto, a block adjustably mounted on said bar, an arm movably mounted in said block, said arm being adapted to support a pulley around which an endless line passes, one part of said line passing through said block and the other part thereof being detachably connected with said block.

5. In a clothesline supporting device for windows, a bar mounted in connection with said window and adjustable at right angles thereto, a block adjustably mounted on said bar, an arm movably mounted in said block, said arm being adapted to support a pulley around which an endless line passes, one part of said line passing through said block and the other part thereof being detachably connected with said block, means for holding said block against movement on said bar, and means for locking said arm in different positions.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed my name in presence of the subscribing witnesses this 26th day of December, 1916.

JOHN LUTZ.

Witnesses:

E. EDWARD BURR, JAMES A. DRISCOLL.

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Washington, D. C. 

